Improved car-spittoon



IINITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLISON G. SMITH, OF CARLISLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPRovED CAR-SPITTOON.

Speoicationforming part of Letters Patent No. 56d l3, (lated J111yV371866- To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, WILLisoN G. SMITH, of

Carlisle, in the county ot' Cumberland, in the State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and Improved Spittoon for Railroad-Gars and PublicPlaces, for the use oi' passengers and guests and visitors; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full and complete descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters ot' reference marked thereon.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe its construction and operation.

I form the spittoon by inserting a section of a cylindric or conicalring or the sides of a square box having a ange on the top in andthrough the iiloor of the car or public place, the Hange beinglevel withthe floor of the car, an d providing it with an adj ustablelid andbottom. In general Imake the spittoon square and provide it with metallids Working` in grooved parallel guides above and below the door of thecar or room. This lid and bottom are coupled together by a bolt of ironpassing through each of them in such manner that their planes, thoughparallel, are not opposite each other, but have passed eachotherlongitudinally the length ofthe side of the top and bottom of thecylinder, so that when the lid is open the bottom is closed, so thatnothing may fall through and cold air be prevented from coming throughthe spittoon, and, reversing the movement, the bottom is opened and thetop closed, and anything in the spittoon is deposited on therailroad-track, or in a trough beneath the floor, which may be suppliedWith a stream of running Water, thus forming a spittoon which isself-cleaning.

The said spittoon, by leaving the lid and bottom partly open, may bemade the means of speedily carrying off the water in scrubbing and thedust in sweeping the door.

I insert the spittoon F through the tloor A, and, fixing the guides VDproperly above and below the spittoon, insert the lid B and the bottomC, which are then in contact with the top and bottom ofthe spittoon- F,and may be moved on and oit of the spittoon. I then couple them by thebolt E, which serves as a knob to move the top and bottom by with oneoperation, this bolt-head having the corners rounded off, so as not tocatch anything passing over it.

Having my spittoon closed, Fig. l, the bottom C being beneath the tloorA, and Wishing to use it, I place the sole ot' my shoe behind the headof the bolt`E and shove the lid B through the guides I) until the bolt Efits in a recess prepared for it in the side Iof F. The spittoon is thenopen. Wishing to close it, I reverse the motion, and the lid C scrapesitself clean on the side of F.

\/V hat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters.Pa-tent, is-

In combination with the sidesot an inserted box, ot' any shape, evenwith the iioor of the car, the adjustable lid and bottom connected bythe bolt and sliding in the guides, as described.

WILLISON Gr. SMITH.

. Witnesses:

J. W. HENDERSON, A. L. SPoNsLER.

